In 1934, after the failure of the fifth anti-encirclement and suppression campaign, the Central Red Army, in order to get rid of the frenzied sweep of the Kuomintang army, preserve the elite troops, and carry out the great miracle in human history - the Long March.
After crossing a total of 14 provinces, crossing 18 mountains, crossing 24 major rivers, crossing snowy mountains three times, stepping on grassland three times, and traveling twenty-five thousand miles, the three main forces of the Red Army finally succeeded in meeting the division.
In this huge army transfer route, there are young and strong young men and women, infants who are still swaddling, and faltering old people.
As the youngest female soldier in the Long March at that time, Wang Xinlan was not only everyone's "pistachio", but also a qualified Red Army soldier, and her husband was also the youngest founding general awarded in 1955.
The youngest female soldier on the Long March, Wang Xinlan
Wang Xinlan grew up in a family of scholars, and her parents not only knew how to be polite, but also supported her in her contact with Marxist ideas. In addition, her uncle was also a well-known member of the early CCP and organized the rebel army to carry out anti-oppression campaigns.
Therefore, under the influence of the concept of family, Wang Xinlan, who was originally interested in the Central Red Army with Marxism-Leninism as its ideology, has been bent on joining this big family since he was a child.
When she was 9 years old, after her sister's strong recommendation, the Red Army broke the rules to include Wang Xinlan, a "little bit", don't look at her young age, but in her early years she was often responsible for intelligence transmission work, bit by bit of effort she accumulated a wealth of experience in the struggle.
In 1935, she joined the army in the Long March
At that time, she was only 11 years old, often carrying a line blanket, pinning a horizontal flute to her waist, carrying a wooden stick in her hand, singing all the way to encourage her comrades, and everyone happily called her "the pistachio in the Red Army team!" ”
During the Long March, in the face of difficult situations and harsh living conditions, the young Wang Xinlan always walked with his teammates and never cried tiredness or bitterness.
When she was exhausted, she would lie on the shoulders of her teammates' brothers for a while; she would eat grass roots when there was no food; when her teammates were injured, she would always be the first to run over and bandage the wounds.
On the way, she saw countless comrades die because of physical weakness, she looked at the scene in front of her, her heart was hurt, but she could only turn grief into strength to cheer for everyone.
"Mo Xiejin, Mo Ling, three are not allowed to ask for a heart." Tired, you are not allowed to sit on the ground, and the water in the potholes cannot be drunk..." This sentence inspired the comrades-in-arms to shake their spirits and move forward, firmly believing that as long as they walked out of the snowy mountains, they could survive and achieve victory.
A revolutionary companion for a lifetime
During the Long March, Wang Xinlan not only improved his personal cultivation, but also became more optimistic and upbeat, down-to-earth and steady. It also allowed her to meet the true love of her life, Xiao Hua.
At that time, Wang Xinlan was arranged to study knowledge and culture at yan'an Red Army University, extroverted, willing to help others, as soon as she appeared, she attracted xiao Hua's attention, this only 20-year-old "doll commander" had a good impression of Wang Xinlan, under the initiative to talk, the two gradually had a good feeling for each other, secretly feelings.
In Yan'an, the two are not only good comrades-in-arms, but also confidants who learn from each other and help each other. Luo Ronghuan, director of the Political Department at the time, saw that these two people were so right.
One was a doll commander and the other was the smallest female Red Army
, it turned into "old moon", which contributed to the match made in heaven.
However, after establishing a romantic relationship, the two temporarily went their separate ways for revolutionary work, Xiao Hua went to the Front Line in Shandong to fight, and Wang Xinlan went to Yan'an to take charge of other work. Although the two places are separated, the two have always been concerned about each other, and often write letters to talk about their daily routines and work. When Wang Xinlan was 19 years old, the two entered the palace of marriage and became partners for a lifetime.
After marriage, Xiao Hua was appointed director of the Political Department of the Fifth Division, and Wang Xinlan was appointed director of the Fifth Division's news and radio station.
During this period, when Wang Xinlan was studying at the Shandong Party School, she unfortunately contracted dysentery and was once weak, and her husband Xiao Hua took good care of her every day after he was busy every day, and he did not get out of bed until a month later.
Soon after recovering from her illness, Wang Xinlan encountered the Japanese army's "iron wall encirclement" of the Yimeng Mountains, and under the emergency of the battle, she had to move with the division, and together with her comrades-in-arms, she broke through the three blockade lines of the Japanese army, broke through the encirclement, and was still in the water after more than fifty days of circling with the enemy.
Since they met, this revolutionary couple has been in love with each other, soaked each other, made progress with each other, experienced the baptism of the Long March, the hardships of the War of Resistance Against Japan and the struggle of the War of Liberation, and finally after the founding of New China, they were happy and peaceful.
In 1955, her husband Xiao Hua was awarded the rank of general, becoming the youngest founding general, and Wang Xinlan was later awarded the rank of colonel, and the two have been contributing the rest of their lives to the development of the revolutionary cause.
In 1985, General Xiao Hua died of illness at the age of 70, while Wang Xinlan is still alive at the age of 97, shining for the motherland.
The great miracle of human history - the Long March
The Red Army is not afraid of expeditions and difficulties, and thousands of rivers and mountains are just waiting for idleness. The five ridges are full of fine waves, and the mud pills are walking in the mud. The golden sands and waters beat the cloud cliffs warmly, and the Dadu Bridge crossed the iron cable cold. More happy with the snow of the Min Mountains, the three armies after the end of the face. This popular "Long March of the Seven Laws" was written by Chairman Mao in October 1935.
In this huge strategic transfer, the Central Red Army faced the encirclement and blockade of the Kuomintang, crossed fourteen provinces, traveled twenty-five thousand miles, climbed three snowy mountains, and stepped three times on the grassland in order to preserve the revolutionary fire and meet the division in victory.
During the Long March, the vast number of soldiers and soldiers cherished revolutionary ideals in their hearts, followed the revolutionary contingent all the way, and composed the praises of life with strong vitality; they were not afraid of difficulties and enemy troops, and they followed the leadership of the party step by step, always with the masses of the people.
Of course, there were also many great Red Army soldiers who unfortunately died on the way, and they remained on the land forever and in the hearts of the masses forever.
These loveliest people have forged the backbone of the Chinese nation and spread the spirit of Marxist thought, and their outstanding achievements are worthy of profound study by all future generations!
brief summary:
As the youngest female soldier in the Long March of the Red Army, Wang Xinlan, even though she was young and her words were immature, she still accompanied the army all the way to cheer for the soldiers and was willing to dedicate. It is precisely this revolutionary belief in selfless dedication and the positive revolutionary spirit that have been able to spread the spirit of the Long March.
It was precisely because of the vast number of soldiers like Wang Xinlan that the entire Long March of the Red Army was able to achieve victory in a difficult and difficult environment and laid a solid material and mass foundation for the final victory of liberation.
And her revolutionary love with Xiao Hua is not only touching and desirable, but also respectful. The lofty spirit of the older generation of revolutionaries who met and knew each other during the war years, made progress toward each other, and jointly fulfilled the revolutionary mission is worthy of eternal learning from future generations!